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My late husband who made the mistake of buying a Jeep that gets 15 miles to the gallon did errands in a loop so not to waste gas. Now my son is driving that car and learning what the cost of gas is!
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Tuesday Irans Mohammad Hejazi, the deputy armed forces head, said Tuesday, “Our strategy now is that if we feel our enemies want to endanger Iran’s national interests, and want to decide to do that, we will act without waiting for their actions.” Iran sails War ships in to the Medditerranean and parks in Syria. US responds by sending War ships off the coast of Spain USS Abraham Lincoln has finished its Persan Gulf mission and passes through the Straights of Hormuz close to Iran without incident.
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Oh boy looks like it's all about ready to "kick off"...It's not going to be pretty I'm afraid.
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Vladinir Putin of Russia now attempting to regain leadership of Russia who is the main backer of Iran and Syria besides China is now promising a new Russia by bringing back the Military Prominence and spending to Cold War Levels. Promising 400 new intercontinental ballistic missiles, 2,300 late-generation tanks, 600 modern combat aircraft � including at least 100 military-purpose space planes � eight nuclear ballistic missile submarines, 50 surface warships as well as a whole new inventory of artillery, air defense systems, and about 17,000 new military vehicles.
Story Fearing The West, Putin Pledges Biggest Military Buildup Since Cold War |
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US Bolsters Defenses in Strait of HormuzSaturday, 25 Feb 2012 12:22 PM AFP
The Pentagon has notified US lawmakers of plans to bolster US defenses in and around the Strait of Hormuz to be prepared for a military response against Iran, a report said Friday. New mine-detection and clearing equipment as well as improved surveillance capabilities are part of the planned build-up, said the Wall Street Journal, citing defense officials briefed on the requests. The Pentagon also wants to modify ship weapons systems to best deal with Iranian attack boats in the Strait, said the report. The moves highlight efforts to boost US military capabilities amid heightened tension with Iran and rising speculation of a strike from Israel over Iran's nuclear program. Read more on Newsmax.com: US Bolsters Defenses in Strait of Hormuz |
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All bullscheiss aside... I can't say much considering I am where I am. What I can say is that things are getting really interesting in this neck of the woods right now and think that things might get far more interesting before I'm outta here. If Israel's going to do it, they'd better wait until I leave. |
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Russian premier vows to ward off attack on Iran Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Fri Mar 2, 2012 6:44AM Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned of the dire consequences of a military conflict with the Islamic Republic, saying Moscow will do its utmost to avert a war on Iran. "We will do everything possible to prevent a military conflict either in Iran or around it," Whole Story |
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Moscow doesn't want to get itself into a conflict with the United States. *THAT* is little more than saber rattling. Putin is trying to garner political support by focusing his electorate's view on outside forces rather than on the myriad of his personal corruption and failures at home.
They'd get their asses handed to them spectacularly in any conflict with the U.S. Military unless it went Nuclear and then everyone loses.
I suppose that our current political leadership and those running against him on the Republican side don't exactly inspire confidence in me, so we may very well back down over this. But realistically, we can pretty much do whatever we want with impunity and Putin will bluster but not get directly involved.
Putin does not want a hot war, he wants another cold war so he can bring back his KGB.
I hope it doesn't come to actual shooting vs. Russians, but to defeat the United States you don't need to fire a shot. Just run up the price of oil, which they're doing nicely supplying Iran with nuclear material. The Iranians are just stupid enough to let a bit of the Ol' Canned Sunshine loose. Then...
...Everyone comes to Mother Russia for the Oil.
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I should stop rambling now, stay safe TG and watch your back!!! Oh and dont forget to go down to you local China Mart and buy some more stuff so we can keep financing our own demise!!! |
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China today announced an 11% increase in Military Spending for 2012, this after a 12.7 % increase in 2011 and double digit increases for nearly 2 decades!
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Good read on the situation over here Mahshadin! I couldn't agree more. Those 3m-54E's I am assuming they've got aren't going to be on the coast, they'll be farther inland. Granted they're *FAST* but they've got a relatively short range, and their other shortcoming is that they'd be seen getting launched and jammed or shot down. They'd have to do it covertly. If they launched ten at the same time, there's enough ECM in the area that it'd make any radar guidance system moot. They'd have ten really expensive dumfires. The zigzag approach only really works on craft without any jamming systems.
Also if ten of them simultaneously turned on their radars, it'd be like turning on ten spotlights at you in a dark room. You can see where they all are. If they even locked onto our ships, they could expect a SLBM headed their way, even now, so they'd have to turn it on, lock, and fire then get out and run fast enough to escape the effects of our warheads, and they're only going to get one shot.
I suppose Iran's only real hope of directly striking a US naval asset would be to air launch either a Sunburn of Sizzler and hope for the best. It wouldn't be any sustained kind of thing either. From that point on nothing, and I mean *NOTHING* would fly within 500 NM of that carrier group without the group's express written permission. The pilot of that aircraft is pretty much toast. And then they're only going to really get one shot off and they can count on getting their regime changed pretty much the very next day through 2000 pounds of pure hate and discontent, have the U.S. Marines and Army crossing their borders and anyone else that got in the way would get some too.
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Saudi flexes Gulf grip with Bahrain 'union' plans By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) � During a sermon last week at Bahrain's Grand Mosque, the pro-government prayer leader offered sweeping praise for one of the Arab Spring's counter-revolutions: Gulf rulers bonding together against dissent with powerful Saudi Arabia as their main guardian. The widening Saudi security stamp on the region is already taking shape in Bahrain, where more than a year of Shiite-led unrest shows no sign of easing and the Saudi influence over the embattled Sunni monarchy is on public display. Portraits of the Saudi King Abdullah � some showing him praying � dot the airport in Bahrain's capital Manama. Bahrain's red-and-white flag and the green Saudi colors are arranged with crossed staffs. State media continually lauds the Saudi-led military force that rolled into Bahrain last year as reinforcements against the uprising by the kingdom's Shiite majority. "Gulf union is a long-awaited dream," said Sheik Fareed al-Meftah at Friday prayers in Manama's main Sunni mosque, referring to proposals to coordinate defense affairs and other policies among the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council stretching from Kuwait to Oman. "The first step is here," al-Meftah added. Abdullah and Bahrain's king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, have met to discuss "union" plans, which are expected to be outlined in May. For the moment, few details have emerged. Gulf leaders have stressed the need for greater intelligence and military cooperation. It's unclear, however, how deeply Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will attempt to merge in the first steps. The increasingly blurred national lines in Bahrain are a possible sneak preview of the wider Arab Spring backlash in the oil-rich Gulf, where Saudi power seeks to safeguard the region's Sunni leadership and its strong opposition to possible attempts by Shiite giant Iran to expand influence. Meanwhile, Gulf rulers have selectively endorsed rebellions elsewhere, such as in Libya and Syria. So far, the Gulf agenda has dovetailed with Western partners, which unleashed NATO-led airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's regime in Libya and are showing increasing support for possible aid to the rebels trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad � Iran's key Arab ally. But Bahrain brings the potential for friction. Washington has stood behind Bahrain's dynasty for strategic reasons as hosts of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is a pillar of the Pentagon's frontline forces against Iran. Yet rights groups and others have increased pressure in the U.S. and Europe to scale back support for Bahrain's rulers, who are struggling against a Shiite majority claiming it faces widespread discrimination and second-class status. There are no signs of any significant Western reduction in support for Bahrain's dynasty, but the quandaries highlight how the tiny island kingdom has the potential to open rifts between the West and crucial ally Saudi Arabia. "Bahrain can be looked at as something of a Saudi colony now in the sense that policies are merged," said Toby Jones, an expert on Bahraini affairs at Rutgers University. "But this is more than just a meeting of minds. It's motivated by the fears of the Arab Spring." While there have been some rumblings of opposition � including protests in Shiite pockets in Saudi Arabia � nothing in the Gulf region has come close to Bahrain's upheaval. More than 45 people have died in the unrest, which includes near daily street clashes that include tear gas from security forces and firebombs from demonstrators. Some rights groups place the death toll above 60. There have been no confirmed reports of Saudi soldiers directly involved in the crackdowns. But the troops in Bahrain have protected key sites, such as power plants, to free up local police. The military intervention also send a broad message that Saudi considers Bahrain a line that can't be crossed. Gulf Arab leaders repeatedly claim that Iran is pulling the strings behind Bahrain's Shiite protests, although no clear evidence has been produced to support the allegations. The Gulf bloc fears the fall of Bahrain's 200-year-old Sunni dynasty would give Iran a beachhead in their midst. Last month, Saudi's King Abdullah claimed "unnamed hands" were behind the upheavals in Bahrain and other unrest against Sunni leaders in the Arab world. Abdullah did not specifically cite Iran, but similar terms have been used by Saudi officials and others in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The Saudi defense minister, in an interview published Sunday in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Seyassah, called the regional security force, known as the Peninsula Shield, the " nucleus" of protection against any threats to the Gulf states. "Iran is our neighbor, but we draw a line when it comes to intervention in our internal affairs," Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying. "Whenever we feel that anybody is interfering in our internal affairs, through internal mercenaries or people from outside, we will resist it appropriately." A Bahrain-based economic researcher, Jassim Hussain, said a Gulf union could involve more unified economic help from the super-rich Saudi Arabia to prop up Bahrain, whose role as a regional financial hub has taken a sharp blow from the unrest. In a rare boost for Bahrain's economy in the past year, Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal selected Manama in December as the base for a 24-hour news channel, Alarab. "Bahrain's rulers have always been dependent on the generosity of Saudi Arabia," said Simon Henderson, a Gulf analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "It's all part of the larger story � the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran for regional power." Shiite groups in Bahrain, however, were wary that the planned union would leave Saudi Arabia the de facto ruler and further tighten crackdowns on the opposition. "We welcome the idea of closer Gulf union if the people of nations approve it," said Sheik Ali Salman, head the largest Shiite political group, Al Wefaq. "But if the purpose is just to turn Bahrain into an emirate of Saudi Arabia, then it will not be accepted and it will be disastrous." |
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Iranian backed Shiite Clericks put close to 100,000 people on the streets prostesting the Sunni Government in Bahrain (Home To US Navy's 5th Fleet---Persian Gulf)
Never a dull moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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USS Enterprise Sets off for the Middle East
Final Voyage for the Worlds First Nuclear Aircraft Carrier which has been in service for 50+ years. |
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I've been on the USS Enterprise before, it is an awesome ship!
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The Navy Is Sending Everything It Needs For A War With Iran To The Strait Of Hormuz
US Navy Mine countermeasure ship: USS Warrior The global signs of a coming military conflict with Iran continue to build, and today the U.S. Navy made clear its intentions by announcing it's sending four additional mine countermeasure ships to the Strait of Hormuz.Stars and Stripes reports the Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he's sending the mine ships in addition to four airborne mine countermeasure helicopters. Iran has already warned that one of its first steps in closing the Strait of Hormuz, and choking off 40 percent of the world's oil supply, will be to mine the strait and deploy its fleet of small electronic submarines. Greenert was recently aboard the USS John C. Stennis when it was tailed through the strait by the Iranians and came away from that ride thinking "[W]e could do better setting the theater. I wanted to be sure ... that we are ready..." To get "ready" Greenert is also bringing upgrades to mine neutralization vehicles, submarine torpedoes, optics, and weapons to counter the swarm maneuvers employed by the Iranian navy. This move will double the number of minesweepers in the Persian Gulf, but Greenert declined to call the deployments a surge, as when forces are built up for a planned operation, instead telling reporters: "I'm not going to define it as a surge. You called it a deployment, how's that" The four ships, the Sentry, Devastator, Pioneer, and Warrior will join the Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain from San Diego. Their departure date has not yet been announced, as part of operational security. They will likely be transported by the Navy's heavy-lift ships which travel at about 16 mph. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-navy-is-getting-its-forces-ready-for-iran-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-2012-3 |
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Former Minister: Iran to Close Strait of Hormoz if Threatened TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian intelligence minister Ali Fallahian underlined the strategic significance of the Strait of Hormoz for Iran's defensive power, and repeated the country's earlier warnings that it would cut off the world oil lifeline if it is threatened militarily. Fallahian warned Western countries not to underestimate Iran's ability to close
the strategic Strait of Hormuz in reaction to the West's escalating pressures.
Reacting to reports about the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) decision to discontinue offering service to the Iranian banks, Fallahian said on Saturday that closing SWIFT to Iran is "like closing international waterways". "If the United States or Europe considers it its right to ignore international laws to meet its own interests, Iran may also decide to respond in kind wherever possible," he added. Israel and its close ally the United States have recently intensified their war rhetoric against Iran. The two arch foes of the Islamic Republic accuse Iran of seeking a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads. Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry. Iran has, in return, warned that it would target Israel and its worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv. The United States has long stressed that military action is a main option for the White House to deter Iran's progress in the field of nuclear technology. Iran has warned that in case of an attack by either the US or Israel, it will target 32 American bases in the Middle East and close the strategic Strait of Hormuz. An estimated 40 percent of the world's oil supply passes through the waterway. |
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US Military (Pentagon) war game scenario (Israel Air Strike) is leaked.
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